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Environmental

Earth

The number of hectares for the main agricultural activities in the country has maintained an oscillating trend over the studied period. From 2000 to 2006 the area of ​​basic grains decreased by 9 percentage points. However in recent years has increased the land devoted to this end, until they represented in 2012, 21.6% of cultivated land.

Forest

The average number of hectares affected by forest fires is 28837.9 per year. 2001 and 2002 are periods when the area affected by forest fires and stands representing 57,511.4 hectares of forest and 50,337 respectively.

Biodiversity

The protected wilderness area in the country between 1985 and 2012 presented upward trend. The increase in this period is 387 004 hectares.

Montes de Oca, San Pedro, from the Fuente Hispanidad 100 East 100 North 100 East and 25 North, facilities at the University of Costa Rica, Rafael Obregón.
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